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The Samaritan Pentateuch, also called the Samaritan Torah (Samaritan Hebrew: ࠕࠦࠅࠓࠡࠄ , Tūrā), is the sacred scripture of the Samaritans. [1] Written in the Samaritan script , it dates back to one of the ancient versions of the Torah that existed during the Second Temple period .
Samaritan historian Benyamim Tsedaka noted that many Samaritans who converted to Islam retained their original surnames, passing them on to future generations. Consequently, in most villages with names of Hebrew origin, but altered by Arabic pronunciation, Arab families still bear the surnames of their Samaritan ancestors.
[19] [24] The Samaritans retained the ancient Hebrew alphabet, which evolved into the modern Samaritan alphabet. [19] [24] In fact, the adoption of the script by the Samaritans may have influenced the Rabbis' negative view of the script and lead to its final rejection. [19] [25] [nb 3]
The early history of Samaritan Hebrew is poorly documented, though it can be said that trying to directy connect it to Israelian Hebrew is a stretch. Because of the relatively late divergence of Samaritanism from mainstream Judaism its only by the 100's BC there was definitely a separate Samaritan dialect, though it's likely that the dialect is older than this.
The Samaritans have continued to use the script for writing both Hebrew and Aramaic texts until the present day. A comparison of the earliest Samaritan inscriptions and the medieval and modern Samaritan manuscripts clearly indicates that the Samaritan script is a static script which was used mainly as a book hand.
Ancient Hebrew writings are texts written in Biblical Hebrew using the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet before the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.. The earliest known precursor to Hebrew, an inscription in the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, is the Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription (11th–10th century BCE), [1] if it can be considered Hebrew at that early a stage.
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